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CDHW43 PHFO 271247
CLIITO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI                                 
247 AM HST FRI AUG 27 2004

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...THE HILO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 26 2004...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1946 TO 2004

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         86    219 PM  87    1996  84      2       84       
  MINIMUM         70   1159 PM  64    1972  69      1       70       
  AVERAGE         78                        77      1       77      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.05          2.49 1970   0.31  -0.26     0.09    
  MONTH TO DATE    5.37                      8.23  -2.86     6.51    
  SINCE JUN 1     16.09                     26.30 -10.21    22.62    
  SINCE JAN 1     93.25                     79.86  13.39    49.52    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JUN 1      0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUN 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       13                        12      1       12       
  MONTH TO DATE  354                       293     61      335       
  SINCE JUN 1   1095                       932    163     1071       
  SINCE JAN 1   2457                      2016    441     2281       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (70)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  51 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    90           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     61          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    76                                                       
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THE HILO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   84        87      1996                    
                                             1969                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        64      1960                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 27 2004........SUNRISE   604 AM HST   SUNSET   639 PM HST   
AUGUST 28 2004........SUNRISE   604 AM HST   SUNSET   638 PM HST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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